Improving small area estimation by combining surveys: new perspectives in regional statistics.

A national survey designed for estimating a specific population quantity is sometimes used for estimation of this quantity also for a small area, such as a province. Budget constraints do not allow a greater sample size for the small area, and so other means of improving estimation have to be devise...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Costa, Àlex, Satorra, A., Ventura, Eva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/3785
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2099/3785
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inference
Multivariate analysis
Inferència
Anàlisi multivariable
Classificació AMS::62 Statistics::62J Linear inference, regression
Classificació AMS::62 Statistics::62H Multivariate analysis
Descripción
Sumario:A national survey designed for estimating a specific population quantity is sometimes used for estimation of this quantity also for a small area, such as a province. Budget constraints do not allow a greater sample size for the small area, and so other means of improving estimation have to be devised. We investigate such methods and assess them by a Monte Carlo study. We explore how a complementary survey can be exploited in small area estimation. We use the context of the Spanish Labour Force Survey (EPA) and the Barometer in Spain for our study.